USA Structures Phase 2 Technical Report
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Spatially accurate data of critical infrastructures are essential to effective disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Precise location and building outlines provide the most accurate data for characterizing impacts of hazards and effectively serve response, recovery, and mitigation efforts, as well as the people affected by the disaster. Since 2017, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a comprehensive and open source national database of building footprints called USA Structures. Several key attributions have been added to the dataset to support rapid disaster response. In the most recent update to the dataset, ORNL developed two additional attributions to the structures, leveraging several authoritative data sources.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 2076189
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM--2023/3047
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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